Definition of repentance

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Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..

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Covenant :: Covenant (n.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc..
Evangelist :: Evangelist (n.) A bringer of the glad tidings of Church and his doctrines. Specially: (a) A missionary preacher sent forth to prepare the way for a resident pastor; an itinerant missionary preacher. (b) A writer of one of the four Gospels (With the definite article); as, the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. (c) A traveling preacher whose efforts are chiefly directed to arouse to immediate repentance..
Penitence :: Penitence (n.) The quality or condition of being penitent; the disposition of a penitent; sorrow for sins or faults; repentance; contrition.
Contrition :: Contrition (n.) The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance..
Irrepentance :: Irrepentance (n.) Want of repentance; impenitence.
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Spasm :: Spasm (v. t.) A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance..
Impenitently :: Impenitently (adv.) Without repentance.
Unrepentance :: Unrepentance (n.) Impenitence.
Repentance :: Repentance (n.) The act of repenting, or the state of being penitent; sorrow for what one has done or omitted to do; especially, contrition for sin..
Repentingly :: Repentingly (adv.) With repentance; penitently.
Resipiscence :: Resipiscence (n.) Wisdom derived from severe experience; hence, repentance..
Penance :: Penance (n.) Repentance.
Procrastinate :: Procrastinate (v. t.) To put off till to-morrow, or from day to day; to defer; to postpone; to delay; as, to procrastinate repentance..
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